A natural history of the human teeth, with a treatise on their diseases from infancy to old age, adapted for general information : to which are added observations on the physiognomy of the teeth and the projecting chin / by Joseph Murphy.

  • Joseph Murphy
Date:
1811
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Credit: A natural history of the human teeth, with a treatise on their diseases from infancy to old age, adapted for general information : to which are added observations on the physiognomy of the teeth and the projecting chin / by Joseph Murphy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    therefore in general performed without in- flicting pain and disease- At this periodj however, a countenance naturally beautiful may, without due care, be totally disfigured. Of this, examples may every day be seen; and this fact would seem to contradict the assertion, that “ the face is the index of the mind,' as at this time the countenance may assume a cast and form of expression, different to that which should naturally belong to it- This effect is often produced by neglect; it is also frequently the con- sequence of unskilful treatment. It would be as unjust as erroneous to attribute the expression of a countenance, thus marred, to the effect produced on it by the mind. How unjustifiable soever such a conclusion may in reality be, experience nevertheless I proves, that an unpleasing countenance^ although united with an amiable mind, often produces an antipathy which is rarely overcome. It is, therefore, a duty incum- bent on parents and those who are en-
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